Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
Dear all the candidates to Ogawa seminar, It is my pleasure to send a message to introduce my experience in Ogawa seminar. I graduated from a master’s course in GSICS in March 2000, never thinking I would one day come back to GSICS for a PhD degree. But, anyway I did after more than 10 […]
On August 12th, 2014, the “Career Seminar on International Organization “UNESCO (Task Force on Teachers)” was held in the Main Conference Room in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS). The seminar was delivered by Dr. Hiromichi Katayama, who is a GSICS Alumni and Project Officer at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. […]
I started my PhD program under the supervision of Professor Keiichi Ogawa in GSICS at Kobe University in 2009 and graduated in 2012. During the time of study, I enjoyed my stay in Kobe City and particularly in GSICS. Mostly important to mention was the Ogawa ZEMI, a group of students and Prof. Ogawa, the […]
On August 1, 2014, “Career Seminar on International Organization ‘UNICEF’” was held in the Presentation Room at Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS). The seminar was presented by Mr. Shota Hatakeyama, GSICS Alumni and Education Officer at the UNICEF Zimbabwe. In his presentation, he shared with us what he has been working […]
On Wednesday June 25th, 2014, a Development Management Policy Seminar on “International Education Cooperation in the Post-2015: From Perspectives of NGOs” was conducted in the simulation room in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS). Two NGO workers on international education cooperation presented about their experience at this seminar. One of them was […]
On July 1, 2014, Ms. Miho Arimura (Nomura), GSICS Alumna and Education Consultant, delivered “Career Seminar on International Organizations” based on her international experiences at the UNICEF and World Bank. Ms. Arimura is a mother of two small children and talked about how she has developed her career at international organizations as a woman. Ms. […]
On Monday, June 30th, 2014, a Development Management Policy Seminar on “International Education Cooperation in the Post-2015: From Perspectives of Academia based on Field Research” was conducted in the main conference room in Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS). For this seminar, two international experts on education development were invited. One of […]
The two-week internship at FHI360 in Washington, D.C. was short but fulfilling. As I look back on it, my mind is filled with uplifting memories. I made the right decision to have insisted on conducting this internship despite the fact that the original six-week plan was shortened to a limited two-week schedule. FHI 360 is […]
I was fortunate having an excellent opportunity to work as an intern in the Global Learning Group at an international NGO in Washington DC, FHI360, for six weeks from the middle of October to the end of November, 2013. Why I participated the internship program was because 1) I am interested in how NGOs take […]
During the summer of 2013, I conducted six week internship at the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in Uganda. I was attached to the Monitoring and Evaluation Section under the Department of Education Planning and Policy Analysis (EPPA). While at the MoES, I investigated the relationship between literacy proficiency of pupils and internal efficiency […]
